diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index f173eab2..1ed9df53 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -2340,6 +2340,38 @@ _require_norecovery()
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
 
+# Does this filesystem support metadata journaling?
+# We exclude ones here that don't; otherwise we assume that it does, so the
+# test will run, fail, and motivate someone to update this test for a new
+# filesystem.
+#
+# It's possible that TEST_DEV and SCRATCH_DEV have different features (it'd be
+# odd, but possible) so check $TEST_DEV by default, but we can optionall pass
+# any dev we want.
+_require_metadata_journaling()
+{
+	if [ -z $1 ]; then
+		DEV=$TEST_DEV
+	else
+		DEV=$1
+	fi
+
+	case "$FSTYP" in
+	ext2|vfat|msdos)
+		_notrun "$FSTYP does not support metadata journaling"
+		;;
+	ext4)
+		# ext4 could be mkfs'd without a journal...
+		_require_dumpe2fs
+		$DUMPE2FS_PROG -h $DEV 2>&1 | grep -q has_journal || \
+			_notrun "$FSTYP on $DEV not configured with metadata journaling"
+		;;
+	*)
+		# by default we pass; if you need to, add your fs above!
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 # Does fiemap support?
 _require_fiemap()
 {
diff --git a/tests/generic/034 b/tests/generic/034
index 4ec1db87..966b3d2f 100755
--- a/tests/generic/034
+++ b/tests/generic/034
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/040 b/tests/generic/040
index 5f10f489..c841fbc2 100755
--- a/tests/generic/040
+++ b/tests/generic/040
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/041 b/tests/generic/041
index 36a6f423..f38b6627 100755
--- a/tests/generic/041
+++ b/tests/generic/041
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/056 b/tests/generic/056
index 9ec00e36..8bb1522b 100755
--- a/tests/generic/056
+++ b/tests/generic/056
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/057 b/tests/generic/057
index 4c0ffd1b..3b9f89e2 100755
--- a/tests/generic/057
+++ b/tests/generic/057
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/311 b/tests/generic/311
index 85e52e8e..d21b6eb3 100755
--- a/tests/generic/311
+++ b/tests/generic/311
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch_nocheck
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 # xfs_io is not required for this test, but it's the best way to verify
 # the test system supports fallocate() for allocation
diff --git a/tests/generic/321 b/tests/generic/321
index 3bd6b121..c821a23a 100755
--- a/tests/generic/321
+++ b/tests/generic/321
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch_nocheck
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/322 b/tests/generic/322
index 3ec23876..4c0edf6a 100755
--- a/tests/generic/322
+++ b/tests/generic/322
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch_nocheck
 _require_dm_flakey
+_require_metadata_journaling $SCRATCH_DEV
 
 rm -f $seqres.full